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Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Infrastructure Projects in North Eastern Region
Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that all the North-Eastern States are connected by one or more mode of transport i.e. Air, Rail, Road and Inland Waterways.
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that infrastructure projects taken up in the North Eastern Region inter alia include projects of road and rail connectivity; modernization and development of new airports.
Important infrastructure projects completed during the last two years includes Pakyong Airport , Rupsi Airport ; Lumding- Hojai Rail line doubling project  in Assam; 300 MW Kameng and 110 MW Pare Hydro Power projects in Arunachal Pradesh; ICP at Moreh and 1819 km of road length covering all North Eastern States. Under North Eastern States Roads Investment Programme , construction/upgradation of three roads  along with five major bridges in Assam and one road  in Meghalaya have been completed.
The projects completed in Tripura include Agartala - Sabroom new Rail line project ; 2-laning with paved shoulder of Udaipur- Sabroom Section of NH-44 from km 55.00 to km 128.712; and strengthening and widening works of NH-8  from km. 284 to km 318; Waterway on river Gomati .
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
A delegation of Deputy Secretaries of CSS cadre calls on MoS Dr Jitendra Singh
A delegation of Deputy Secretaries of CSS cadre working in various Ministries/Departments of the Government called on the Union Minister of State  of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, here today.
During the meeting, the delegation informed the Minister that the Under Secretaries of Central Secretariat Service  of the Select List for the Year 2003 have been working as Deputy Secretary on Ad-hoc basis since 2013, but they are yet to be regularised in the grade.
The Under Secretaries of the Select List for the Year 2003 upto CSL No. 5700 based on the SL of Deputy Secretary for the year 2012 have already been included in the Select List of Sr. Selection Grade  of CSS for the year 2017. In other words, almost 88% Under Secretaries of Select list 2003 have already been promoted as Director and only around 50 officers from SL-2003 are left out. These officers have undergone the mandatory Level "F" Training in November, 2018 for promotion to the post of Director.
They said that DoPT has recently issued orders for promotion of 1756 officers in different graded in CSS and 2235 officers in the grade of CSSS in the month of December, 2018, which were pending for almost two years. But, about 50 officers from SL-2003  who are eligible for the post of Director are waiting for their promotion. They requested the Minister to intervene in the matter.
After the meeting, Dr Jitendra Singh asked the DoPT officials to look into the matter and expedite the same. He said that the Government has taken various steps to provide cordial working environment to the employees and it is committed to clear the backlog of pending promotions in the Government.
PIB Headquarters
TAMIL NADU VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY PRESS MESSAGE
Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University invited Undergraduate applications  from the candidates of Tamil Nadu State through online  from 08.05.2019 to
10.06.2019, 5.45 PM. For BVSc & AH degree course, 7488 candidates have applied and BTech courses, 1268 candidates have applied through online as on 16.05.2019. Last date for receipt of hard copy of online application form along with necessary enclosures is on or before 10.06.2019, 5.45 PM. After scrutinization of applications the Rank list will be released during the last week of June 2019. Counselling will be conducted during second week of July 2019.
Last date for online application for NRI / Wards of NRI / NRI Sponsored and Foreign National category and receipt of hard copy of online application form along with necessary enclosures for NRI/ wards of NRI / NRI Sponsored and Foreign National category is 01.07.2019, 5.45 PM at the University.
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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Special guests from various walks of life invited to attend the Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi
Sarpanches of Vibrant Villages, teachers, nurses, farmers, fishermen invited to attend the Independence Day celebrations
Two beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme, from Maharashtra, will witness the Independence Day Celebrations as Special Guests at the Red Fort
Around 1,800 special guests from all over India will be attending the Independence Day Flag hoisting by the Prime Minister of India at the Red Fort on 15th August this year.
As India completes 75 years of Independence this year, sarpanches of Vibrant Villages, teachers, nurses, farmers, fisherman, shram yogis who helped build the Central Vista Project in New Delhi, khadi sector workers, national award winning school teachers, Border Roads Organisation workers and those who helped and worked for the Amrit Sarovar Projects and Har Ghar Jal Yojana Projects, implemented in various parts of the country, have been invited along with their spouse to attend the Independence Day celebrations in New Delhi this year.
Two beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Scheme , from the state of Maharashtra, will witness the Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort, Delhi on August 15, 2023 as Special Guests. Fifty  beneficiaries of the scheme, along with their families, are among around 1,800 persons who have been invited to listen to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s address to the nation from the Red Fort. The initiative to invite the people from all walks of life, across India, and be a part of the celebrations has been taken by the Government in line with its vision of ‘Jan Bhagidari’.
Speaking about the invitation to go to the Red Fort on Independence Day, 54 year old Ashok Sudam Ghule from Dhekalwadi, Baramati in Pune district said, “I never thought I will ever be able to go to the Red Fort in New Delhi. Going there on Independence Day is like a dream come true.” Ghule, who is a beneficiary of PM-KISAN, is a sugar cane farmer cultivating on a 1.5-acre piece of land.
The other beneficiary, Vijay Gotiram Thakare, from Vaishakhare, Murbad, in Thane district is a traditional rice farmer and also grows vegetables. He is a beneficiary of PM-KISAN since 2019. He is grateful that along with his wife, he will now get an opportunity to travel to Delhi as a special guest to witness the Independence Day celebrations.
PM-KISAN, is a Central Sector Scheme, that aims at providing financial assistance to all cultivable landholding farmer families across the country, subject to certain exclusion criteria. Under the Scheme, an amount of Rs 6,000/- is transferred annually in three equal instalments of Rs 2,000/- directly into the Aadhaar Seeded bank accounts of the farmers.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
EPFO Makes Signficant Progress in Updating KYC of its Subscribers During July- 2020 Despite Covid Pendemic
Updates 2.39 Lakh Aadhaar Nos, 4.28 Lakh Mobile numbers & 5.26 Lakh Bank Account's in the UAN of its subscribers
During the month of July 2020 EPFO has been successful in updating 2.39 Lakh Aadhaar's, 4.28 Lakh Mobile numbers & 5.26 Lakh Bank Account's in the UAN of its subscribers.
As the country faces the unprecedented challenge of the COVID 19 pandemic, the concept of social distancing has assumed immense importance. EPFO, as the principal social Security Organization in the country, has been striving hard, to provide unhindered services to its subscribers through digital mode with almost minimal contact.
The organization, in its endeavor to extend the availability and reach of its online services, has been proactively updating its Know Your Customer  data to enable its subscribers in availing its services through online mode.
The KYC updation is a one time Process that helps in the identity verification of its subscribers through linking of the Universal Account Number  with the KYC details. Once this exercise is completed and seeded KYC details validated, the EPFO subscriber becomes empowered to avail services of EPFO through digital mode.
In order to safeguard its subscribers and its employees, the organization has consciously adopted a strategy for active focus on KYC updation of its subscribers, through deployment of its workforce on this crucial task as Work From Home activity. A large number of EPFO staff members are exclusively assigned the task of updating KYC, including rectification of the details as a WFH activity. This has been undertaken as a time bound exercise which has yielded very encouraging results. This KYC updation has helped tremendously in empowerment of EPFO subscribers for availing services of EPFO in digital mode and thus eliminating need for any kind of physical contact with any office of EPFO for its needs.
Ministry of Finance
Cabinet approves extension of Scheme of Recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks upto 2019-20
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the extension of the scheme of recapitalization of Regional Rural Banks  for the next three years i.e. upto 2019-20. This will enable the RRBs to maintain the minimum prescribed Capital to Risk Weighted Assets Ratio  of 9 per cent.
Impact:
A strong capital structure and minimum required level of CRAR will ensure financial stability of RRBs which will enable them to play a greater role in financial inclusion and meeting the credit requirements of rural areas.
Details:
There are 56 RRBs functioning in the country. As on 31st March, 2017, the total credit given by RRBs is Rs.2,28,599 crore, of which the credit under key categories is as under: -
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Credit Amount 
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%age to total credit
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Total Priority Sector Lending 
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2,05,122
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89.73%
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Agriculture 
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1,54,322
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67.51%
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Small & marginal farmers 
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1,02,791
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44.97%

The scheme of Recapitalization of RRBs started in FY 2010-11 and was extended twice in the year 2012-13 and 2015-16. The last extension was upto 31.03.2017. A total amount of Rs. 1107.20 crore, as Gol share, out of Rs.1450 crore, has been released to RRBs upto 31st March, 2017. The remaining amount of Rs.342.80 crore will be utilized to provide recapitalization support to RRBs whose CRAR is below 9%, during the years 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
The identification of RRBs requiring recapitalization and the amount of capital to be provided, will be decided in consultation with NABARD.
This is in addition to the announcement made in Finance Minister's Budget Speech for 2018-19 relating to allowing financially strong RRBs to raise capital from sources other than Gol, State Government and Sponsor Bank.
Background:
RRBs were set up with the objective to provide credit and other facilities, especially to the small and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers, artisans and small entrepreneurs in rural areas for development of agriculture, trade, commerce, industry and other productive activities. RRBs are jointly owned by Government of India, the concerned State Government and Sponsor Banks with the issued capital shared in the proportion of 50%, 15% and 35% respectively.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
MEASURE FOR ERADICATION OF MANUAL SCAVENING IN THE COUNTRY
580 Districts have reported themselves as manual scavenging-free
Parliament enacted “The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013 ” which became effective with effect from 06.12.2013. As per the provisions of the Act, manual scavenging is prohibited and no person or agency can engage or employ any person for manual scavenging from that date. Provisions of the MS Act 2013 mentions that contraveners shall be punishable with fine or imprisonment or with both.
There is no report of practice of manual scavenging in any districts. The Ministry has requested all districts either to declare themselves free from manual scavenging or upload the data of insanitary latrine and manual scavengers associated with it on “Swachhta Abhiyan” mobile app. However, no credible data has been uploaded on the app so far.
Data has been collated from 580 districts that have reported themselves as manual scavenging-free.
The Ministry is sending several communications at different level to states and districts and taking regular meetings with them to expedite their confirmation in this regards.
The nomenclature of the SRMS Scheme has been changed to “National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem”  and existing components of SRMS have been kept as component of NAMASTE Scheme to ensure rehabilitation of manual scavengers.
This information was given by Minister of State for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Ramdas Athawale in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Tourism
Tourism Minister Shri Prahlad Singh Patel virtually lays the Foundation Stone for the project “Development of Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple, Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh”
Union Minister of State for Tourism & Culture ShriPrahlad Singh Patel virtually laid theFoundation Stone for the project “Development of Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple, Dongargarh, Chhattisgarh” approved under PRASHAD Scheme of the Ministry of Tourismin New Delhi today. Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Shri Bhupesh Baghel also attended the event virtually.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Patel said that the project “Development of Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple, Dongargarh” has been approved by the Ministry of Tourism with an estimated cost of Rs. 43.33 Cr in Oct. 2020. The project includes works for development of pilgrimage infrastructure at ‘Pilgrimage Activity Center’ with a Shri Yantra shaped iconic building, development of steps, sheds, walkway, area illumination, lakefront, parking with other public amenities for the MaaBamleshwari Devi Temple and the pilgrimage amenities at Pragyagiri, he added. Union Minister Shri Patel hoped that the project once executed successfully, will certainly improve experience of pilgrims coming to the destinations.
The ‘National Mission on Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive’  is a Central Sector Scheme fully financed by the Government of India launched by the Ministry of Tourism in the year 2014-15 with the objective of integrated development of identified pilgrimage and heritage destinations. The scheme aimed at infrastructure development such as entry points , last mile connectivity, basic tourism facilities like Information/ Interpretation Centers, ATM/ Money exchange, eco-friendly modes of transport, area Lighting and illumination with renewable sources of energy, parking, drinking water, toilets, cloak room, waiting rooms, first aid centers, craft bazars /haats/ souvenir shops/ cafeteria, rain shelters, Telecom facilities, internet connectivity etc.
Till now, 13 projects have been successfully completed under PRASHAD Scheme to promote spiritual tourism. The completed projects include two projects each at Somnath, Mathura, Tamil Nadu and Bihar and one project each at Varanasi, Guruvayur and Amaravati , Kamakhya and Amritsar.
PIB Headquarters
Sree Chithra Institute to get Infant Warmer bed from Suresh Gopi’s MPLAD Scheme
Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi has contributed four units of GE-Giraffe Infant Warmer Bed Units for the paediatric cardiac surgery division of Sree Chithra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Tcehnology,  Thiruvananthapuram from the fund of Local Area Development Scheme  2016-17. The units totaling to a cost of Rs. 33, 47,000 would ensure continuing high quality care for the infants undergoing treatment. This is the first time that the Institute has received contribution from the MPLAD Scheme.
Shri. Surash Gopi MP will officially hand over the units at a meeting on 16th February 2017 at 10 am to be held at SCTIMST. Shri. K.M. Chandrasekhar, President SCTIMS and Prof. Asha Kishore Director SCTIMST will also participate in the function.
The GE Giraffe Warmer provides a warm, comfortable, developmental supportive environment for nursing neonates and young infants after cardiac surgery. This facility directs the heat to the infant, and not the caregiver, while providing easy access to the patients. It is a state of art machine keeping the neonates warm with a feedback control from the baby's temperature and also has facility to weigh the baby, give phototherapy in case of jaundice and provisions to make taking X rays easier.
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Ministry of Education
Steps taken by National Council of Teacher Education to strengthen the teacher education system
Following steps were taken by the National Council for Teacher Education  to strengthen the teacher education system in the country during pandemic:-
- Advisory to all Teacher Education Institutions  was issued to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Open Education Resource  were developed by the Expert Committee and uploaded on NCTE website for making proper use by students/teacher educators and other stake holders free of cost.
- The weblink for open Education Resource  developed by other organisation working for teacher education in the country have also been hyper linked so that the beneficiary/target group can avail the teaching/learning resource by visiting the NCTE website www.ncte.gov.in.
- To sensitize Teacher Education Institutions  about the recommendations of New Education Policy  for teacher education sector, a series of webinars have been conducted.
- The teaching/learning material on the content of teacher education has also been digitally made available on the NCTE website www.ncte.gov.in.
The information was given by the Union Minister for Education Ministry, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ in a written reply in the LokSabha today.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Shri Nitin Gadkari to Inaugurate and Lay Foundation Stones for National Highways and Namami Gange Projects in Up’s Muzaffarnagar and Bulandshahar Tomorrow
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate and lay the foundation stones for 331 km length of NH and Sewage Treatment Plants of 89.5 MLD under Namami Gange works, together amounting to Rs 8530 crore at Muzaffarnagar and Bulandshahar in Western Uttar Pradesh tomorrow. He will be accompanied by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
At Muzaffarnagar, the Minister will lay the foundation stone for five projects on Panipat – Nagina section of NH-709A. These are: the 36 km long four-lane Panipat-Shamli section to be built at a cost of Rs 1253 crore, the 43 km long four-lane Shamli-Muzaffarnagar section at a cost of Rs 1622 crore, the 27 km long four-lane Muzaffarnagar-Mirapur section at a cost of Rs 923 crore, the 22 km long two-lane paved shoulders Bijnor Kotwali-Nagina section at a cost of Rs 267 crore, and construction of four-lane 88 km long Meerut-Budhana-Shamli-UP/Haryana Border  section of NH at a cost of Rs 708 crore.
He will also lay the foundation stone for work of construction and rehabilitation of IMD and STP of 87 MLD capacity in Muzaffarnagar city under Namami Gange programme at a cost of Rs 231 crore.
At Bulandshahar, Shri Gadkari will dedicate to public the sewerage and upgraded STP of 1.5 and 1.0 MLD capacity at Anupshahar under Namami Gange programme at a cost of Rs 76 crore. He will also initiate the works of surveying and preparing DPR for four-laning of 50 km long SH-65 Bulandshahar-Syana-Garh Road  at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore, as well as the works of surveying and preparing DPR for four-laning of 65 km long SH-18 Meerut-Badaun Road  at a cost of Rs 1,950 crore.
Ministry of Defence
Joint Military Training-2022 With Republic of Singapore Air Force  at Air Force Station Kalaikunda
On 03 November 2022, the 11th edition of the annual Joint Military Training  between the Indian Air Force  and the Republic of Singapore Air Force  commenced at Air Force Station, Kalaikunda. The two Air Forces have resumed this training after a gap of two years. The training could not be carried out in the intervening two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This edition of JMT would be conducted over a period of six weeks. The bilateral phase of the exercise will be conducted from 09 to 18 November 2022 and will see the two Air Forces engage in advanced air combat simulations.
The RSAF is participating in JMT-2022 with F-16 aircraft, while the IAF would field the Su-30 MKI, Jaguar, MiG-29 and LCA Tejas aircraft. The exercise underscores the strong and longstanding relationship between India and Singapore in the domain of defence cooperation. It seeks to provide the participating contingents with an opportunity to share valuable operational knowledge, experiences and best practices, while strengthening the professional bonds between the two Air Forces.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
IIM-Rohtak to assess paddy residue management initiatives in Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh
Agriculture Department engages IIM-Rohtak for evaluation and impact assessment of various paddy residue management initiatives undertaken in during the last five years
With the aim of addressing air pollution in Delhi and National Capital Region due to stubble burning in the adjoining States of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and to subsidize machinery required for in-situ management of crop residue, the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare has implemented a Central Sector Scheme on ‘Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi’ w. e. f. 2018-19. During the period from 2018-19 to 2022-23, the funds amounting to Rs. 3138 Crores have been released under this scheme. During this period, the States have established more than 38000 Custom Hiring Centres  of Crop Residue Management machines and more than 2.42 lakh machines have been supplied to these established CHCs and individual farmers of these 4 States.
In order to assess the impact of various initiatives undertaken by the States under this scheme during these 5 years, the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has engaged Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak to carry out assessment of the magnitude of the problem of paddy residue burning in the States, District-wise mapping of available machinery separately for in-situ and ex-situ management including assessment of average use of each machine available with different entities such as individual farmers, Societies and Custom Hiring Centres for paddy straw management and the analysis of usage based on optimum field capacities of these machines, assessment of the quality and cost of in-situ and ex-situ machines supplied under the scheme vis-a –vis quality and cost of machines in the open market, assessment of the available infrastructure and their potential for ex-situ utilization of the straw State-wise and district-wise, assessment of impact of machine use on reduction in paddy residue burning, assessment of existing gaps for in-situ and ex-situ straw management infrastructure and suggesting the strategic initiatives to be taken by the Government including the synergies that may be required at the Central and State level in implementing various initiatives/schemes of different Ministries/Departments and assessment of the farmer’s perception/requirements through exhaustive consultation with farmers and various other stakeholders of this sector. It is envisaged that the findings that would come out through this exhaustive consultation and analysis would be helpful to further expand and strengthen the infrastructure and activities for crop residue management by way of putting in place the support infrastructure for implementing the scheme with greater knowledge, better access and expanded opportunities for small and marginal farmers.